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Remember the Fifth Amendment?
What does it say when a Canadian lawyer is more concerned about violations of the U. S. Constitution than we are? This one's...
sursumcorda, 6 February 2021 |
Discipline Equals Freedom
Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual by Jocko Willink (St. Martin's Press, 2017) I watched an interview with Jocko Willink...
Start Smart Money Management Early
Concerned as I am with our society's loss of a culture of saving , when I found this short but accurate video on helping kids develop...
The 100 Most Nutritious Foods
This is from the BBC, perhaps more trustworthy than some news sites? Pretty funny, anyway. Scientists studied more than 1,000...
Reading History
They say it's the winners who write the history books, implying that what has been written is untrue. Nonsense. What it does mean is...
Facebook: The Challenge, Part 5 -- Taking Action
It's time to stop shilly-shallying. It's been more than two months since I last posted my ruminations on what to do about Facebook....
Suing the Government
No, not our government, though part of me thinks it might not be such a bad idea. A Québécois lawer is suing the...
A Hymn for the New Year
I enter this new year feeling unsettled and, I must admit, somewhat fearful. The best I can offer you on this day (but it is...
Madness
Fitbit
For the record, I decided to stop using my Fitbit at least a week before they announced the sell-out to Google. First, it started...
Quebec's Curfew
Never have I been so close to wanting to acquire a gun ... and a dog . Just kidding. Mostly. If you know me, you are well...
Big Tech, Big Brother
I've never liked Apple. No, that's not true. A very long time ago, in a small room at the University of Rochester's Goler House, we were...
We Can Do Better
Remember what I said in my recent review of Nineteen Eighty-Four ? Most of the analyses I read online consider the climax of...
Vaccine Worries
After about 40 minutes each Thursday morning (and much earlier work by Porter), we're signed up to get the Moderna vaccine next week....
Trypophobia
I'm hiding the images in this post behind the "More" link because they can cause serious problems for some people. Really....
Books Read in 2020
It's time for my annual compilation of books read during the past year. Total books: 86 Fiction: 58 Non-fiction: 28 Month...
Vitamin D and COVID
I admit to being a big fan of Vitamin D and the role it plays in our health—especially when it comes from natural sources, such as...
Whatever Happened to the Culture of Saving?
As a young child, I received an allowance of 25 cents a week. (A quarter was worth a lot more 'way back then.) From that I was expected...
Mister Rogers for Adults
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was pretty much the only children's television program seen in our house when our children were...
Black America Needs Fathers (and So Does Everyone Else)
We're nearing the end of the year, and I've been (very pleasantly) inundated with more important ways to use my time than writing blogs...
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel by George Orwell (1949) A friend of mine recently observed, " I re-read 1984...
Christmas 2020
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! And by that I mean all twelve days. :)
Who Is a Writer?
This is not my own, but the person I learned it from can't remember where she first found it. And it's not a direct quotation,...
Welcome to Florida -- Please Leave Your New York Culture...
This morning I read part of an article called " Is Florida the New Wall Street? " That link should take you to the same part, though to...
Let the Rain Do the Talking
Found on Facebook and enjoyed.